After shots were fired on Wednesday at a Catholic church in Minneapolis where schoolchildren were praying, killing an 8-year-old and a 10-year-old, more information is being released regarding the shooter and potential motives.

The tragic event that took two lives and injured 17 others occurred while children, school faculty and church workers were participating in a Mass to mark the first week of school.

The shooter was identified as 23-year-old Robin Westman, a transgender person who was born Robert Westman, FBI Director Kash Patel said in a post on social media . Westman was apparently armed with a rifle, shotgun and pistol and opened fire through the church’s stained-glass windows.

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara told NBC’s “Today” show on Thursday morning that their inves

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